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...history professor named Alfred L. Clayton receives a request from the Northern New England Association of American Historians. Would he jot down his "memories and impressions" of the Gerald R. Ford Administration (1974-77) for possible inclusion in the association's triquarterly journal, Retrospect? Well, would he ever. In fact, Clayton is prodded into such an orgy of reminiscence that he produces a manuscript almost diabolically unsuited to academic publication. That, according to the clever premise of John Updike's 15th novel, is why Clayton's ramblings must occupy a book of their...
Much of the initial fun of Memories of the Ford Administration stems from the disparity between what Clayton has been asked to do -- help furnish a scholarly archive of the Ford years, an activity in itself slightly risible -- and what he actually does, which is to tell the NNEAAH exactly what he was thinking, writing, feeling and doing during the roughly 2 1/2 years in question. And he lets his interrogators know, early on, that he wants to do it his own way: "((Retrospect editors: Don't chop up my paragraphs into mechanical 10-line lengths. I am taking your...
...there ever a Ford Administration? Evidence for its existence seems to be scanty," writes Alfred Clayton in a rambling exegesis to the Northern New England Association of American Historians (NNEAAAH) on his Memories of the Ford Administration for a symposium of the same title. The document doubles, in its post-modernist way, as John Updike's latest novel...
With so many neophytes in such critical positions, they will need all the enthusiasm they can muster. At the top of Perot's new brain trust is a tiny coterie of true believers: Swindle, running mate James B. Stockdale, legal adviser (and son-in-law) Clayton Mulford, media chief Murphy Martin and press secretary Sharon Holman. The 55-year-old Swindle has some seasoning in a political campaign, having been a congressional district chairman in his native Georgia during Ronald Reagan's 1980 race...
...been given the title of either campaign manager or political director. The rest of the inner circle are more like conventional field operatives, jumping when they receive Perot's frequent calls from his 17th-floor office in a Dallas high-rise, 2 1/2 miles from campaign headquarters. Clayton Mulford's main job since February has been to help get Perot on the ballot in 50 states and make sure the campaign complies with federal election rules and reporting requirements. Press secretary Sharon Holman, 45, has worked for Perot since 1969 and most recently worked for his son Ross Jr. producing...